Environmental pollution and water issue in Pakistan

Presentation by

Muhammasd Jawad Shahid

MBA 2nd semester

Introduction

Pollution?Pollution is the introduction of contaminants into an environment that causes

instabilitydisorderharm or discomfort

to the ecosystem i.e. physical systems or living organisms .

Causes of pollution The pollution comes from

two souses.

Natural source

Foreign source

Categories/types of pollution.

Pollution is divided into following categories.

Air pollution

Water pollution

Soil pollution

Noise pollution

Light pollution

Visual pollution

Pollution problem in Pakistan Air pollution

Water pollution

Land pollution

Noise pollution

Vehicles exhaust fumes that pollute the air.

Industries give out the harmful gases(Sulphur dioxide and carbon monoxide)

Water pollution

Causes of water pollution

Industrial water

Oil spill incident in sea

Leakage in pipe lines

Effect of water pollution

Marine life in danger

Respiratory diseases in people living near sea.

land pollution

Causes of land pollution

No waste disposal system

Only 5% households have access to a municipal garbage collection system

People through garbage in street

Noise pollution

What is noise pollution?

Causes on noise pollution.Road way noise

Industrial noise

Air craft noise

Effect of noise pollution.

The blood pressure can increase during exposure to the noise

Adverse effect on the human behavior

(Stress).

Solution to the pollution problem in Pakistan

• Here are a few solution problem in Pakistan

Solution for air pollution.Instead of using private car We should use public transport.

There should be a greenbelt constructed in big cities such as Karachi

We should unleaded petrol in our vehicles.

Most of the leading car manufacture should install the catalyst converter in their vehicles.

Solution for water pollution.

The factory waste should be filter fist and then disposed properly into sea or river.

Instead of using clean water we can use filtered industrial water for flushing toilets, washing the car and watering the plant.

The government should ask the citizens to proper clean the beach once in year.

There should be fine in people who throw their waste in river or sea.

The government should pass strict laws concerning this issue.

We should cooperate with one an other to save marine life.

Solution for land pollution

Instead of throwing rubbish away we can give some of it for recycle

We reuse polythene bags for caring things.

There should be land fill area where the rubbish can be disposed off.

The government should place the garbage canes and bins.

All the shop keeper should use the paper bags in stead of the polythene.

Water problem in Pakistan

Only 65% of population has access to safe drinking water (85 % urban and 55% rural)

20000 rural settlements have no facilities at all Source is mostly ground water except in some big cities In saline g/water areas canal water is used for drinking

Limited availability inequity in water distribution and

system losses have reached alarming proportions

Sanitation facilities available to 42 % of population(65%

urban and 30%rural)

Questions